2000 Big Ten men's basketball tournament

The 2000 Big Ten men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big Ten Conference and was played from March 9 to March 12, 2000, at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. The championship was won by Michigan State who defeated Illinois for the second consecutive year in the championship game. As a result, Michigan State received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

2000 Big Ten men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1999–00
Teams	11
Site	United Center Chicago, Illinois
Champions	Michigan State Spartans (2nd title)
Winning coach	Tom Izzo (2nd title)
MVP	Morris Peterson (Michigan State)
Television	ESPN Plus, ESPN2, CBS
Big Ten men's basketball tournaments

1999–2000 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 2 Michigan State†	13	–	3		.813			32	–	7		.821
No. 25 Purdue	12	–	4		.750			24	–	10		.706
No. 21 Illinois	11	–	5		.688			22	–	10		.688
No. 22 Indiana	10	–	6		.625			20	–	9		.690
Wisconsin	8	–	8		.500			22	–	14		.611
Iowa	6	–	10		.375			14	–	16		.467
Michigan	6	–	10		.375			15	–	14		.517
Penn State	5	–	11		.313			19	–	16		.543
Minnesota	4	–	12		.250			12	–	16		.429
Northwestern	0	–	16		.000			5	–	25		.167
No. 8 Ohio State*	11	–	3		.786			5	–	1		.833
† 2000 Big Ten tournament winner Rankings from AP poll *Ohio State: 14 reg. season games; 2 NCAA Tourn. games vacated due to sanctions against the program Disputed record: Ohio State (23–7) (13–3)

Seeds

All Big Ten schools played in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records. Seeding for the tournament was determined at the close of the regular conference season. The top five teams received a first round bye.

Seed	School	Conference	1st Tiebreaker	2nd Tiebreaker
1	Ohio State	13–3	1–1 vs MSU	1–0 vs Pur
2	Michigan State	13–3	1–1 vs OSU	0–1 vs Pur
3	Purdue	12–4
4	Illinois	11–5
5	Indiana	10–6
6	Wisconsin	8–8
7	Iowa	6–10	1–1 vs Mich	1–0 vs OSU
8	Michigan	6–10	1–1 vs Iowa	0–1 vs OSU
9	Penn State	5–11
10	Minnesota	4–12
11	Northwestern	0–16

Bracket

	Opening round March 9					Quarterfinals March 10					Semifinals March 11					Championship March 12
						1	#4 Ohio State	66
						9	Penn State	71
	8	Michigan	66
	9	Penn State	76
											9	Penn State	84
											4	#25 Illinois	94
						4	#25 Illinois	72
						5	#18 Indiana	69
																4	#25 Illinois	61
																2	#5 Michigan State	76
						2	#5 Michigan State	75
						7	Iowa	65
	7	Iowa	81
	10	Minnesota	78
											2	#5 Michigan State	55
											6	Wisconsin	46
						3	#22 Purdue	66
						6	Wisconsin	78
	6	Wisconsin	51
	11	Northwestern	41

Source

All-Tournament team

• Morris Peterson, Michigan State – Big Ten tournament Most Outstanding Player
• Brian Cook, Illinois
• Mateen Cleaves, Michigan State
• Joe Crispin, Penn State
• Jarrett Stephens, Penn State

Media

Television

Network	Play-by-play announcer	Color analyst(s)	Sideline reporter(s)
ESPN Plus (Northwestern–Wisconsin, opening round; Iowa–Michigan State, quarterfinals) ESPN2 (Wisconsin–Purdue, quarterfinals) CBS (semifinals and championship game)	Wayne Larrivee Dave Barnett Jim Nantz	Greg Kelser Quinn Buckner Billy Packer

Local Radio

Seed	Teams	Flagship station	Play-by-play announcer	Color analyst(s)
2	Michigan State	WJIM–AM/WJIM-FM (Michigan State)	Mark Champion	Gus Ganakas
6	Wisconsin	WIBA–AM/WOLX-FM (Wisconsin)	Matt Lepay	Mike Lucas